Ep.18 - Gary McGowan aka Skinnygaz - Productivity and behaviour change, being evidence based and stay unbiased

The Science to Muscle Podcast

Today I have the pleasure to chat with Gary McGowan from TriageMethod an education platform for personal trainers and fitness enthusiasts, he has a degree in Physiotherapy and is currently pursuing a degree in Medicine, he also works as an online coach and trains in the gym and in Brazilian jujitsu.

We start by talking about what it takes to be productive, how to deal with procrastination and have a meaningful life, then we move into fitness and discuss what it means to be evidence based, how to stay unbiased and the some problem with communication on social media. Finally we touch a bit on the biomechanics of some very common movement, but if you want to learn more about this stuff I strongly suggest joining the Coaches Corner on triagemethod.com where you can find plenty of anatomy lectures and much more.

Timestamp:

0:40 Gary's introduction

2:11 Covid situation in Ireland

8:20 Daily schedule and productivity in lockdown

11:50 Dealing with procrastination

18:00 How he helped people who struggled with adherence in lockdown

23:00 Motivation vs Discipline

28:30 The importance of reading books

36:20 The stress of being productive and pursuing goals

42:20 Identity based behaviour change

46:30 What it means to be evidence based

1:00:00 How to stay unbiased in a biased world

1:08:35 The problem with oversimplification

1:14:30 Overcomplicating things to gain authority

1:19:15 Making content for a targeted audiance vs getting audience through content

1:27:00 Scapular movement and torso positioning in dips

1:33:30 Shoulder flexion and grip in vertical pulling

1:36:00 Abduction degree and traps involvement in lateral raises

1:41:15 Triagemethod: Coaches Corner and Coaching with Gary

Useful links:

Website: http://triagemethod.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skinnygaz/

Coaches Corner: https://triagemethod.com/join-coaches-corner/

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/triagemilitia